UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the DISTRICT of MINNESOTA in RE: Supervalu, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation MEMO
ECUG!1<25.ex.15771.CFO.VPN!!!Fqewogpv!46!!!Hkngf!12018027!!!Rcig!2!qh!28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA IN RE: SuperValu, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Court File No. 14-MD-2586 ADM/TNL This Document Relates to: All Actions _____________________________________________________________________________ Ben Barnow, Esq., Barnow and Associates, P.C., Chicago, IL; Edwin J. Kilpela, Jr., Esq., Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Rhett A. McSweeney, Esq., McSweeney/Langevin, LLC, Minneapolis, MN; Karen Hanson Riebel, Esq., and Richard A. Lockridge, Esq., Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, on behalf of Plaintiffs. Harvey J. Wolkoff, Esq., and Kathryn E. Wilhelm, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA; Katherine S. Barrett Wiik, Esq., and Stephen P. Safranski, Esq., Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, MN, on behalf of Defendant SuperValu, Inc. John L. Landolfi, Esq., Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH; and Marc A. Al, Esq., Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, MN, on behalf of Defendants AB Acquisition, LLC and New Albertson’s Inc. ____________________________________________________________________________ I. INTRODUCTION On November 3, 2015, the undersigned United States District Judge heard oral argument on Defendants SuperValu, Inc. (“SuperValu”), AB Acquisition, LLC (“AB Acquisition”), and New Albertson’s Inc.’s (“Albertson’s”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint [Docket No. 33]. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is granted. II. BACKGROUND In this multidistrict litigation case, sixteen named plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) allege they were harmed by hackers gaining access to and installing malicious software on the payment- processing network for payment card transactions at Defendants’ retail grocery stores.
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